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- Nov 29, 2009
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Hey, I've done some reading in the intel forums of course and I've used intel my entire life so far, which I guess isn't so long considering my first build was a E6600, then a Q6600, now a i5 750. My specs are in my signature but incase their off this is what they are.
Corsair D800
Gigabyte P55A-UD4P 1156
i5 750 @ 4.2GHz
Coolmaster V8
G.Skill 2GB x 2 ECO 1600mhz Ram, 9-9-9-24 @ 1.35V
x2 XFX 5770 @ stock
2x 500GB WD 7200 Drives
x1 LG DVD+RW
I'm going to be upgrading my girlfriends PC because she was a big BF1942 and 2142 fan and wants to play Bad Company 2 and a few other titles like Fallout 3, eventually Vegas and Metro 2033, her specs are as follows.
E6600
ASUS P5E
2x2GB DDR2
750W Corsair
3870 ( i think)
TT Armor fulltower
x2 1TB 7200 RPM drives
I was originally going to buy an i7 920 and drop my board/cpu in her machine and then use the E6600 was a media server. However I'm kind of looking at an AMD solution, however I don't really know a good board to go along with it as well as I'm not up on AMD tech and whether or not I should keep my i5 750, and drop an AMD in her machine.. or drop the i5 in her machine and pickup an i7.
I do a fair bit of gaming, but I use a lot of 3d software and video encoding/editing. I was looking at the 1090T Thuban or the 1055T, about $100 difference from where I shop. I haven't own an AMD and I feel compelled to give it a shot, but in the same breath I don't want to pick one up if their getting owned in the high-end range.. that being said if the i5 750 would stand out with the applications I use I would still probably consider dropping it in her machine because she's going to mostly use it for games, and light video editing.
Normally I do tons of research , and I've done a bit.. but I like the opinions of the community, especially towards AMD because I haven't used one myself.
Oh and as in the title, $600 limit for now.
Corsair D800
Gigabyte P55A-UD4P 1156
i5 750 @ 4.2GHz
Coolmaster V8
G.Skill 2GB x 2 ECO 1600mhz Ram, 9-9-9-24 @ 1.35V
x2 XFX 5770 @ stock
2x 500GB WD 7200 Drives
x1 LG DVD+RW
I'm going to be upgrading my girlfriends PC because she was a big BF1942 and 2142 fan and wants to play Bad Company 2 and a few other titles like Fallout 3, eventually Vegas and Metro 2033, her specs are as follows.
E6600
ASUS P5E
2x2GB DDR2
750W Corsair
3870 ( i think)
TT Armor fulltower
x2 1TB 7200 RPM drives
I was originally going to buy an i7 920 and drop my board/cpu in her machine and then use the E6600 was a media server. However I'm kind of looking at an AMD solution, however I don't really know a good board to go along with it as well as I'm not up on AMD tech and whether or not I should keep my i5 750, and drop an AMD in her machine.. or drop the i5 in her machine and pickup an i7.
I do a fair bit of gaming, but I use a lot of 3d software and video encoding/editing. I was looking at the 1090T Thuban or the 1055T, about $100 difference from where I shop. I haven't own an AMD and I feel compelled to give it a shot, but in the same breath I don't want to pick one up if their getting owned in the high-end range.. that being said if the i5 750 would stand out with the applications I use I would still probably consider dropping it in her machine because she's going to mostly use it for games, and light video editing.
Normally I do tons of research , and I've done a bit.. but I like the opinions of the community, especially towards AMD because I haven't used one myself.
Oh and as in the title, $600 limit for now.